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Good News Translation (GNT) | New International Version (NIV) |
5 Have you forgotten the encouraging words which God speaks to you as his children? "My child, pay attention when the Lord corrects you, and do not be discouraged when he rebukes you. | 5 And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, |
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Veteran Jeremy Cain among several released by Jaguars
AUG 25, 2013 4:05p ET
The Jaguars went with undrafted rookie long snapper Carson Tinker, a move that will save the club more than $500,000 against the salary cap.
Jacksonville also placed rookie cornerback Jeremy Harris, a seventh-round draft pick, on injured reserve with a back injury.
The Jags waived guard Mark Asper, punter Ken Parrish, cornerback Lionel Smith, linebacker Maalik Bomar, linebacker Jeremiah Green, defensive end J.D. Griggs, defensive end Paul Hazel, long snapper Luke Ingram, receiver Jamal Miles, safety Ray Polk and offensive tackle Roderick Tomlin.
The moves get the team to the NFL-mandated roster limit of 75.
General manager Dave Caldwell says "this is never an easy day."


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Stories by Michael Isikoff
When 20-year-old Hamid Hayat left his home in California a little more than two years ago, he was like a lot of young Americans--aimless and a bit unsure about his future. Rail-thin and addicted to videogames, he lived with his parents in Lodi, Calif., a small farming town south of Sacramento. An amiable ice-cream vendor, his father, Umer Hayat, was known around the neighborhood as Homer, after the "Simpsons" sticker on the back of his truck. But the younger Hayat had trouble finding steady work. So when his mother fell ill with liver disease in 2003, the family traveled back to their native Pakistan, where they sought both treatment for her and a wife for young Hamid. He was no stranger to Pakistan. Though born in California, he'd spent his teen years in Behboodi and Rawalpindi, living with relatives and attending religious schools. Returning to Pakistan as an adult, he struck some relatives there as adrift. He whiled away hours a day watching movies on TV or vegging in front of... -
Terror Watch: From Downing Street to Capitol Hill
New leaked memos are raising further questions about whether the Bush administration 'fixed' its intel to justify the Iraq war. -
What really happened at Guantanamo? Last week, amid the heat of the controversy over NEWSWEEK's retracted story, new details about the issue of alleged mistreatment of the Qur'an emerged.The International Committee of the Red Cross announced that it had provided the Pentagon with confidential reports about U.S. personnel disrespecting or mishandling Qur'ans at Gitmo in 2002 and 2003. Simon Schorno, an ICRC spokesman, said the Red Cross had provided "several" instances that it believed were "credible." The ICRC report included three specific allegations of offensive treatment of the Qur'an by guards. Defense Department spokesman Lawrence Di Rita would not comment on these allegations except to say that the Gitmo commanders routinely followed up ICRC reports, including these, and could not substantiate them. He then gave what is from the Defense Department point of view more context and important new information.It is clear that in 2002, military investigators became frustrated by the... -
Terror Watch: Last-Minute Letter
A prominent Democrat raises new questions about John Bolton's past handling of secrets. -
Terror Watch: Consider the Source
The State Department says Mek is a terror group. Human rights watch says it's a cult. For the White House, Mek is a source of intelligence on Iran. -
Terror Watch: Friends in High Places
In a bid to court Muslim voters, top White House and political figures once met regularly with a Florida professor now accused of leading a terror group. -
The pitch from superlobbyist Jack Abramoff was hard to resist: a good way to get access on Capitol Hill, he told his clients a few years ago, was to contribute to a worthy charity he and his wife had just started up. The charity, called the Capital Athletic Foundation, was supposed to provide sports programs and teach "leadership skills" to city youth. Donating to it also had a side benefit, Abramoff told his clients: it was a favored cause of Rep. Tom DeLay.The pitch worked especially well among a group of Indian tribes who, having opened up lucrative gaming casinos, had hired Abramoff to protect their interests in Washington. In 2002 alone, records show, three Indian tribes donated nearly $1.1 million to the Capital Athletic Foundation. But now, NEWSWEEK has learned, investigators probing Abramoff's finances have found some of the money meant for inner-city kids went instead to fight the Palestinian intifada. More than $140,000 of foundation funds were actually sent to the Israeli... -
Another Lost Opportunity
A convicted terrorist was providing U.S. officials with very specific information about a terrorist attack three months before 9/11. -
Terror Watch: 'He Was Very Angry'
A U.S. ambassador is the latest to charge that John Bolton has engaged in some 'undiplomatic' behavior. -
Jack Abramoff was somber, bitter and feeling betrayed. Once a Washington superlobbyist, Abramoff is now the target of a Justice Department criminal probe of allegations that he defrauded American Indian tribes of tens of millions of dollars in fees. As stories of his alleged excess dribble out--including the emergence of e-mails showing he derisively referred to his Native American clients as "monkeys" and "idiots"--some of Abramoff's old friends have abandoned him and treated him like a pariah. They claim they knew nothing of his questionable lobbying tactics. So last week, glumly sitting at his corner table at Signatures, the tony downtown restaurant he owns that remains his last redoubt, Abramoff lashed out in frustration."Everybody is lying," Abramoff told a former colleague. There are e-mails and records that will implicate others, he said. He was noticeably caustic about House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. For years, nobody on Washington's K Street corridor was closer to DeLay... -
When a Senate panel released a report last year on the disastrously bad intelligence on Iraq, it included an intriguing e-mail that showed how intensely the administration was looking for damning evidence against Saddam. The e-mail, written by a senior CIA official, addressed a debate that the agency's analysts were having about Curveball, an erratic Iraqi emigre who claimed to have seen Saddam's supposed mobile biological-weapons labs. The CIA had evidence that Curveball was a shameless fabricator months before Secretary of State Colin Powell cited the Iraqi's reports before the United Nations. But in the Feb. 4, 2003, e-mail--written a day before Powell's U.N. appearance--the senior CIA official sharply rebuked one of those skeptical analysts. "Keep in mind the fact that this war's going to happen regardless of what Curve Ball said or didn't say and that the Powers That Be probably aren't terribly interested in whether Curve Ball knows what he's talking about," the CIA official... -
Terror Watch: A Bureau Bungle?
An apparent setback in an alleged Russian espionage case may raise more questions for a besieged FBI. -
A White House aide warns of growing terror threats and urges the president to act. "It is impossible," the aide writes in a memo, "to rule out the possibility of a major terrorist attack in the United States." It could have been written during the early Bush administration when counterterror adviser Richard Clarke was warning that Al Qaeda was poised to strike. In fact, it was 29 years ago, when Gerald Ford was president, though the memo's recipient is still around: Dick Cheney, then Ford's chief of staff. According to an internal study written last year for the 9/11 Commission, Cheney and other top White House aides paid little attention and never responded to the memo's recommendation to "strengthen Executive branch efforts to combat terrorism."The previously unknown memo to Cheney was cited in a lengthy review of U.S. counterterror policies prepared by historian Timothy Naftali. (Naftali will publish his findings this spring in "Blind Spot: The Secret History of American... -
Terror Watch: Nixon and Dixon
After his secretary conveyed psychic Jeane Dixon's prophecies about terrorism, president Nixon ordered Henry Kissinger and others to prepare for attacks. -
The FBI is trying to trace what happened to $2.5 million in payments to a conservative Washington think tank that were routed to accounts controlled by two lobbyists with close ties to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, NEWSWEEK has learned. The payments to the National Center for Public Policy Research were meant for a PR campaign promoting Indian gaming, center officials said. But internal e-mails obtained by NEWSWEEK show the lobbyists, Jack Abramoff and Michael Scanlon, DeLay's former press secretary, never documented any work performed or explained what they did with the money despite repeated requests. "We're disappointed and frustrated," said Amy Ridenour, the center's president. The group's records have been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury. One focus of the FBI probe, legal sources say, is whether the payments, as well as tens of millions of dollars in other fees collected by the two lobbyists from Indian tribes, were used for political contributions or to pay for trips and... -
A Pentagon report last week absolved top Defense officials of any blame for abuse of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan and Iraq. But the inquiries--and the political fallout--are not over. NEWSWEEK has learned that an investigation by the U.S. Southern Command in Miami has confirmed some of the allegations in recently disclosed e-mails by FBI agents, reporting that military interrogators sexually humiliated prisoners at Gitmo. The inquiry largely concerns a small group of mostly female interrogators who say they were urged by superiors to be "creative" in late 2002 when Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld expressed frustration about the lack of actionable intelligence being gleaned from prisoners at the base. That may have led some interrogators to take liberties, officials said. In one instance, investigators have found evidence that a male interrogator pinned down a Gitmo prisoner while female colleagues "rubbed up against the guy" and sexually taunted him, according to a... -
Terror Watch: Terror Threat?
Unless the Blair government can win approval for new legislation, a little-noticed British court decision could soon lead to the release of Al Qaeda-linked suspects. -
The confession came quickly, and it sounded damning. After a few days of allegedly rough interrogation, Ahmed Omar Abu Ali--a soft-spoken high-school valedictorian from the Washington, D.C., suburbs--either cracked or simply told his questioners what they wanted to hear. While studying in the holy city of Medina, Saudi Arabia, Abu Ali said, he had met with a Qaeda operative and offered to set up a sleeper cell in the United States to organize terror attacks. He wanted to be like September 11 ringleader Muhammad Atta, Abu Ali added in his confession. The young Muslim American even talked about an assassination plot. The purported target: President George W. Bush. Abu Ali allegedly suggested that Bush could either be shot on the street or blown up in a car-bomb attack.An open-and-shut case, you might think. The problem with this Perry Mason moment, however, is that it occurred in a Saudi Arabian prison, where no U.S. officials were present and where, according to human-rights groups,... -
Terror Watch: Abu-Ali Tied to Riyadh Bombing Architect?
Sources say the suspect in a plot to assassinate President Bush has been linked to a leading Al Qaeda figure in Saudi Arabia. Plus: Zarqawi may be too busy to launch attacks inside the U.S. -
Terror Watch: Will Torture Claims Sink Terror Case?
The Justice Department's surprise decision to charge a young American accused of planning to assassinate President Bush could raise tough questions about U.S. treatment of terror suspects--and embarrass one of America's allies. -
Terror Watch: Business As Usual?
Only weeks before Halliburton made headlines by announcing it was pulling out of Iran--a nation George W. Bush has labeled part of the "axis of evil"--the Texas-based oil services firm quietly signed a major new business deal to help develop Tehran's natural gas fields. Halliburton's new Iran contract, moreover, appears to suggest a far closer connection with the country's hard-line government than the firm has ever acknowledged.The deal, diplomatic sources tell NEWSWEEK, was signed with an Iranian oil company whose principals include Sirus Naseri, Tehran's chief international negotiator on matters relating to the country's hotly-disputed nuclear enrichment program--a project the Bush administration has charged is intended to develop nuclear weapons.There are few matters more sensitive for Halliburton than its dealings with Iran. The company, formerly headed by Vice President Dick Cheney, last year disclosed that it had received a subpoena from a federal grand jury in Texas in... -
Terror Watch: Virtual Jihad
In recent months, an odd message has popped up on some radical Islamic Web sites. Readers are encouraged to use their computers to advance the cause of jihad. One preferred method touted on these sites: launch a cyberattack by jamming the Web sites and e-mail addresses of the "Zionist enemy." "Almost every [Islamic extremist] Web site has a section on how to do jihad over the Internet," says Rita Katz, the head of the SITE Institute, a group that closely monitors Islamic Web sites. The postings, say Katz, advise would-be holy warriors: "If you can't do jihad physically, do it on the Internet."Some of the recent messages have gotten alarmingly specific. They include detailed attack instructions and list as apparent potential targets e-mail addresses of Israeli political groups, police and government offices and politicians, including Natan Sharansky, the conservative cabinet member and former Soviet dissident who has become a favorite of President Bush.These postings are reminiscent... -
FBI Director Robert Mueller will have to tell frustrated senators next week what's gone wrong with the bureau's computer overhaul. The project--known as Virtual Case File--has been central to Mueller's plans to modernize the bureau's computer capabilities (at the time of 9/11, agents couldn't even do Google searches). But bureau officials recently acknowledged that, after they spent nearly $170 million and promised Congress it would be ready by the end of 2004, the VCF project has been a bust, and the bureau may have to start from scratch. VCF was supposed to give agents instant online "visibility" to interview reports written in other field offices. Even today, sources tell NEWSWEEK, it can take several days before such reports get scanned into the central bureau server--a potentially fatal time lag in a fast-breaking terrorism or bioweapons case. An FBI official says the chief problem is that the contractor, SAIC, delivered deficient software. (SAIC denies the charges.) But,... -
Terror Watch: Homeland Security Nominee to 'Come Out Swinging'
While U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Michael Chertoff skillfully sailed through his confirmation hearings today to be the new secretary of Homeland Security, he is almost certain to face much choppier waters very soon--when he takes over an unwieldy department starved for funds and riddled by bureaucratic turf battles that only seem to be escalating by the day.Homeland Security's internal battles have gotten so great, sources tell NEWSWEEK, that the department had to hire an outside accounting firm, Grant Thornton, to audit the operating funds of two of its major component agencies, which have been squabbling over money. One of the agencies, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has accused the other, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), of horning in on its budget, forcing ICE--which plays a key law-enforcement role--to impose a hiring freeze and a ban on nonessential travel. ICE agents privately complain that the financial crunch is even worse than that. The agency's funding... -
Senate Democrats put off a vote on White House counsel Alberto Gonzales's nomination to be attorney general, complaining he had provided evasive answers to questions about torture and the mistreatment of prisoners. But Gonzales's most surprising answer may have come on a different subject: his role in helping President Bush escape jury duty in a drunken-driving case involving a dancer at an Austin strip club in 1996. The judge and other lawyers in the case last week disputed a written account of the matter provided by Gonzales to the Senate Judiciary Committee. "It's a complete misrepresentation," said David Wahlberg, lawyer for the dancer, about Gonzales's account.Bush's summons to serve as a juror in the drunken-driving case was, in retrospect, a fateful moment in his political career: by getting excused from jury duty he was able to avoid questions that would have required him to disclose his own 1976 arrest and conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) in... -
Terror Watch: Unanswered Questions
The White House would like to chalk it up to partisan politics. But the unexpectedly narrow, 10-8 party-line vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee to confirm Alberto Gonzales as attorney general was really the product of deep-seated frustration among moderate Democrats over the White House counsel's refusal to answer key questions about his role in shaping legal policies for combating terrorism. As the White House's top lawyer, Gonzales was a prime architect of some of the Bush White House's most controversial legal stands: to deny Geneva Convention protections to prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; to define "torture" in extremely narrow terms, and to declare U.S. citizens as "enemy combatants" who could be locked up indefinitely without access to lawyers.But more than the policies themselves, it was Gonzales's uninformative responses to senators' questions that seemed to infuriate the Democrats most, leading to their rock-solid opposition to him on Wednesday. In his confirmation... -
Terror Watch: FBI Grills Jack Kemp About Iraqi Contact
Former vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp has been questioned by the FBI about his dealings with an Iraqi-American businessman who this week became the target of the first Justice Department criminal indictment in the United Nations Oil-for-Food scandal, NEWSWEEK has learned. Kemp today confirmed that the FBI interviewed him last October about his contacts with Samir A. Vincent, a Northern Virginia oil trader who on Tuesday pled guilty to four criminal charges, including violating U.S. sanctions against Iraq and failing to register with the Justice Department as an agent of Saddam Hussein.Specifically, the indictment states that Vincent illegally lobbied U.S. officials on behalf of the Iraqi government and received in exchange, along with unidentified co-conspirators, "millions of dollars in cash" as well as allocations for more than 9 million barrels of Iraqi crude oil under the Oil-for-Food program.Sources familiar with the investigation say that Kemp, who was Bob Dole's... -
Ibraham Al Qosi's stories seemed fairly outlandish when they first surfaced last fall. In a lawsuit, Al Qosi, a Sudanese accountant apprehended after 9/11 on suspicions of ties to Al Qaeda, charged that he and other detainees at Guantanamo Bay had been subjected to bizarre forms of humiliation and abuse by U.S. military inquisitors. Al Qosi claimed they were strapped to the floor in an interrogations center known as the Hell Room, wrapped in Israeli flags, taunted by female interrogators who rubbed their bodies against them in sexually suggestive ways, and left alone in refrigerated cells for hours with deafening music blaring in their ears. Back then, Pentagon officials dismissed Al Qosi's allegations as the fictional rantings of a hard-core terrorist.But in recent weeks a stack of declassified government documents has given new credence to many of the claims of abuse at Guantanamo. The documents are also raising fresh questions about the Bush administration's handling of detainees... -
Terror Watch: Deconstructing the Bin Laden Tapes
The messages are coming more frequently now and have a new tone. does that mean a new U.S. attack is imminent? -
Terror Watch: The Paper Chase
Investigators are struggling to find concrete evidence of fraud and corruption in the U.N.'s oil-for-food program in Iraq -
In an effort to crack down on one of the world's most notorious international criminals, President George W. Bush last summer signed an order barring U.S. citizens from doing business with Russian arms trafficker Victor Bout. But not long afterward, U.S. officials discovered Bout's tentacles were wider than anticipated: for much of this year, NEWSWEEK has learned, a Texas charter firm allegedly controlled by Bout was making repeated flights to Iraq--courtesy of a Pentagon contract allowing it to refuel at U.S. military bases. One reason for the flights, sources say, was that the firm was flying on behalf of Kellogg Brown & Root, the division of Halliburton hired to rebuild Iraq's oilfields.U.S. officials say Bout--once dubbed a "merchant of death" by a British foreign minister--built an empire in the 1990s flying weapons to the Taliban and African dictators and rebel groups, in violation of international sanctions. Bush's order banning business with Bout, a former Soviet... -
2001 Memo Reveals Push for Broader Presidential Powers
Just two weeks after the September 11 attacks, a secret memo to White House counsel Alberto Gonzales' office concluded that President Bush had the power to deploy military force "preemptively" against any terrorist groups or countries that supported them--regardless of whether they had any connection to the attacks on the World Trade Towers or the Pentagon.The memo, written by Justice Department lawyer John Yoo, argues that there are effectively "no limits" on the president's authority to wage war--a sweeping assertion of executive power that some constitutional scholars say goes considerably beyond any that had previously been articulated by the department.Although it makes no reference to Saddam Hussein's government, the 15-page memo also seems to lay a legal groundwork for the president to invade Iraq--without approval of Congress--long before the White House had publicly expressed any intent to do so. "The President may deploy military force preemptively against terrorist...


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At CrossFit Valkyrie, coaches guide exercisers through functional-fitness workouts that help clients better perform everyday tasks. Their program melds exercise with proper nutrition and commitment, which together can spur individuals of all fitness levels to get in the best shape of their lives.
The exercise part of the equation involves an ever-changing roster of movements, which staves off boredom and keeps muscles from spasming just to entertain themselves. Each Workout of the Day relies on everything from weightlifting and kettlebell movements to gymnastics and cardio exercises to tone muscles and whittle waistlines.
The track and field training staff at SCI has coached and trained more than 30,000 athletes?and that statistic is always growing. At his training facility, Sports Conditioning Institute, he and his team encourage athletes with sports-specific training, focusing on games including hockey and volleyball, and lead fit-seekers in two boot-camp styles. The common thread running through every workout is Vaccaro?s focus on avoiding overstressing bodies and preventing injuries. He emphasizes short and frequent workouts, for example, rather than long routines that can lead to sustaining injury, becoming burnt out, or accidentally running into another country without your passport. To complement coached workouts, the gym hosts an array of free weights and cardio machines for solo sessions.
The Rocky Ledge Swimming Association provides a tranquil place to swim, play outdoors, and bond with friends for member families. Set in an 8-acre wooded site, the 343,000-gallon pool ranges from 3 to 12 feet with open space, laps, and two slides. Children and teens ages 5?17 can aquatically spar by joining the association's swim team. After a frolicking in the water, families can play basketball, volleyball, or horseshoes at outdoor courts or set up lunch at the picnic tables. The club also sponsors crafts and Bingo along with parties for kids and adults with live music and swimming under the stars. On weekends, the association offers ping pong tournaments, water balloon toss, and t-shirt tie-dying, and for an additional fee pre-teen parties, scavenger hunts, lobster bake, and an adult splash party with live music.
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Hooperstown offers year round baseball and softball training and basketball tournaments, leagues and clinics for AAU, recreational and other players o
What do Mike Adams of the Denver Broncos and Sloane Serpe of the All-ACC Women's Lacrosse Team have in common? They've trained at 360 Fitness Performance Sports. That's thanks in part to the fitness center's 30,000 square-foot facility that seamlessly incorporates a turf field, a running track, basketball courts, and batting cages. Cardio and weight-training areas allow exercisers to work out on their own schedules or with the help of a trainer and a group fitness studio offers high-energy classes such as kickboxing and boot camp.
Relaxing and working out don't usually go hand-in-hand, but things aren't usual at The Sports Center at Chelsea Piers. As soon as visitors set foot in the Mind Body Studio, they're set at ease by a modern lounge area, which boasts sleek bamboo floors, exposed brick walls, and sprigs of verdant plants. Inside the workout space, classes such as yoga and the barre method emphasize the mind-body connection. The Nalini Method classes also push students toward inner harmony with a combination of Pilates, aerobics, barre work, and yoga, helping students de-stress while toning limbs and burning calories without ever tossing any cheesecakes into open flames.


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Shake it, break it,
from ScHoolboy Q (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – Collard Greens Lyrics on Genius
This could refer to two things:
Q is breaking the marijuana down and rolling it up.
The woman he is with is shaking her booty till she breaks it.
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How can DF users extend upon the powers they already use.
For instance I can see Robin creating a complete copy of herself *perhaps as and distraction effort.
Any other extensions you can think of for Robin or any of the other DF users.
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How can DF users extend upon the powers they already use.
For instance I can see Robin creating a complete copy of herself *perhaps as and distraction effort.
Any other extensions you can think of for Robin or any of the other DF users.
for robin, i guess that would be possible in theory but doubt she will attain this level even in the future... (she can't duplicate complicated organs as of now)
Well, that's what I love about Luffy. He has learned to use his rubber body in ways that involve internal and external influence.
Robin, unable to duplicate complicated organs? Do you know how complicated the arm is? It has dozens of seperate bone, tendon, nerve, and muscle structures, all of which must be precisely coordinated to work. There's no such thing as a non-complicated organ in humans.
Wouldn't the robin duplicating himself be kinda pointless. I mean if one of her Copies die, the real Robin dies too. Nocitce how when her DF arm was cut, her real arm was cut too. Imagine Her DF self gettin Killed.
I was just about to say that.Quote:
Originally Posted by erachima
I guess if she can just dissmiss the clone and it vanishes instantly, that could be useful to her. She just can't use the clone as a disposable soldier. That cuts down on it's offensive uses in certain senses, unless she gets so good that she can dismiss it before it can take damage, which is a possibility.Quote:
Originally Posted by ghost305
I'd just use those clones to get work done and walk one around like it's the real me, as a sort of hive protection system. Then when it looks like someone is going to target the clone that is acting like the real one, I dismiss it within seconds and use that opportunity to counterattack.
Which brings us to the issue of providing clothing for all these clones walking about.
Screw it, I STILL prefer the idea of a Light Light Fruit to hers anyway.
i didn't invent it, robin said it herself (i'm quite sure, don't remember when) : she can't replicate complicated things like her brain...Quote:
Originally Posted by erachima
of course the arm is complicated too, but not as complicated as the brain, especially in manga :p
if she was able to do that, that would remind me too much of naruto.
Hana Bunshin no Jutsu!
I think a more realistic powerup for her would be either the ability to make more clones at once, or the ability to bloom her entire body out of another surface and then dismiss the original. In other words, surface-to-surface teleportation.
I think all she needs to powerup is more strength and learn how to fight.


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If there is one Android tablet I am truly excited about (more than the Galaxy Tab, the ViewPad, etc), it's definitely the 10.1" Tegra 2 based dual-core Notion Ink Adam. The tablet has been in the making for as long as I can remember Android tablets even being mentioned, hitting more snags and delays than Duke Nukem and Crunchpad combined. However, Notion Ink's incredible (simply stunning really - just flip through their blog) attention to detail that can only be rivaled by Apple, in my opinion, will make the wait seem like a negligible price to pay when we are finally able to buy the darn thing.
Artem Russakovskii |
Artem is a die-hard Android fan, passionate tech blogger, obsessive-compulsive editor, bug hunting programmer, and the founder of Android Police. Most of the time, you will find Artem either hacking away at code or thinking of the next 15 blog posts. |
Today at the Facebook Mobile event, Mark Zuckerberg announced the newest version of the Facebook Android app with support for Places and Groups. We didn't have to wait long, as the update hit the Market mere minutes after the announcement (don't you just love how instantly apps go live in the Android Market, as opposed to some other markets we won't be naming here?).
Here is the changelog:
- Groups: share posts with small groups of friends
- Places: share where you are with friends, see where friends are, discover places nearby
- Improved Notifications - view comments and updates within the app
- Various bug fixes
Yesterday, T-Mobile officially rebranded its new HSPA+ network as "4G" in an effort to gain that extra G that consumers are so obsessed with (relevant: [1] [2]). In order to promote this newly proclaimed largest 4G network in the country along with the myTouch 4G that was released today, the company launched a video campaign that will air on major TV networks and websites.
The first campaign video features a fresher, younger, and even more vibrant replacement for Catherine Zeta-Jones (who has been T-Mobile's regular face in the last few years) in a familiar and kind of overplayed "Hi, I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC" style.
Welcome to the weekly roundup of the best new Android applications and games that went live in the Market in the previous week or so.
Best New Android Apps
Angry Aviary Lite
PLEASE READ: This app requires ★ROOT★ access to function & Angry Birds *already* installed on your device, this is not the game itself!
Can't say we didn't see this one coming - exactly on schedule, Sprint today officially launched its 4G WiMax service in The Big Apple. In addition to NYC, 5 other cities that went live today include Hartford and New Haven in Connecticut, New Brunswick and Trenton in New Jersey, and Tampa in good old Florida.
Epic 4G and EVO 4G users, fire up your devices and give these new networks a good test so that you can feel better about paying that $10 "premium data" fee for all those months before 4G.
As an Angry Birds lover, I have always been slightly disappointed by the fact that when both me and my wife share the same phone to play the game, we never know who set the highest score in every level. Short of splurging the green for a new phone (she is still under contract with her crappy Pre), we now have another option - a small utility wittily called Angry Aviary.
It's not every day that I shoot videos of Android games (in fact, this is my first one ever) but when I saw EVAC HD hit the Market yesterday, I felt the need to do it. It wasn't even the graphics, which, by the way, are awesome, it wasn't the gameplay, which is also good - it was the music and the sounds that captivated me. I have only one way to describe them - "magical".
T-Mobile's Samsung Vibrant is still a pretty hot phone, but with the release of the G2 and the upcoming myTouch 4G, Amazon decided to throw a blowout sale for only 1 penny again, just like it did back in August.
This time, however, existing customers upgrading their handsets and extending their contracts are no longer left in the dust. As always, no taxes or shipping fees are involved. But you already knew that, didn't you - it's Amazon after all.
Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds, one of the most successful franchises to hit mobile gaming, is slowly starting to spread into our daily lives outside of our mobile devices. No, I'm not talking about all the Halloween awesomeness that we've been seeing today:
I am talking about the official Angry Birds plush toys that just dropped for pre-order. These furry little things are produced by Commonwealth Toys and come in 5 different versions.
After celebrating CyanogenMod 6.0 hitting the final release version for a multitude of devices, the CM team got right back to work on the next version of the largest Android ROM on the planet. 2 months worth of sleepless nights paid off, as minutes ago, Cyanogen announced a new major milestone - CM 6.1 Release Candidate 1. According to the team, the release is definitely good enough to be a daily driver, and the remaining bugs will be quickly squashed, so go ahead and fearlessly hit up the download links below.


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Firefighters pay tribute to lives lost Sept. 11
Date: September 11, 2009
by: Loren Mayo | Staff Writer
Wearing full gear and oxygen tanks, 11 firefighters set out to climb 343 flights of stairs Friday, Sept. 11, at Plymouth Harbour, to honor the 343 firefighters who lost their lives when the World Trade Center Towers collapsed Sept. 11, 2001.
To remember one of their own, Sarasota firefighter Mike Yahraus, who died in a training accident Sept. 11, 2000, the firefighters climbed an additional flight.
"Today, we stand here to express our admiration and our appreciation," said Plymouth Harbor President and CEO Harry Hobson. "You truly are our heroes."
Their climb began at 10:28 a.m. today, the exact time that the second tower collapsed eight years ago.
Station No. 5 firefighter Erich Leipold, who trains almost daily on the Plymouth Harbor stairs with his partner and fellow fireman Dan Campbell, Lt. Mike Martini and Lt. Mark Soady, along with the other firefighters, hiked the first 78 flights three times up and three times down — equivalent to the number of flights the New York City Fire Department firefighters climbed to rescue those trapped near the impact area in both towers on Sept. 11.
"Today we gather to remember," said Plymouth Harbor Chaplain Jerry O'Connor. "Let this day be a reminder of the cost of freedom."
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THREE TRAGIC SHOOTING SPREES, the most recent in Newtown, Conn., and the earlier ones in Aurora and Littleton, Colo., generated highly emotional responses. In each case the mass media provided significant misinformation that fueled the emotionality and interfered with effective responses.
In the aftermath of the Newtown shooting attention has naturally focused on causes and prevention, with the emphasis on both guns and mental health. There are considerable resources and opportunities for teachers and parents to engage children in educational moments related to both.
But what I think got lost in all of this is the way the shooting was reported in the media. The dissemination of colossal misinformation by both mainstream and social media is a blinking red light to which every parent and educator should pay attention.
Here's how badly each of these traumatic events was presented by the media.
Recalling Columbine, do you remember that two unpopular teenagers from the Trench Coat Mafia sought revenge against the jocks? If you do, you and almost everyone else got it wrong, thanks to inaccurate reporting by media sources.
Many people still remember two Goth-obsessed loners whose spree was motivated by revenge. There were also false assumptions made about the boys' parents that have been debunked.
Neither killer was especially a loner and they had no specific target. Their goal was to kill 500 students with explosives, but the popular narrative created by the media had already taken hold.
By the time of the Aurora Theater shooting the social media, with its capacity to have misinformation go viral within minutes, was also critical in the process of irresponsible reporting. Most of the early reports were based on the perspectives of highly emotional participants.
The Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook reports were often filled with misinformation and made the police investigation more difficult. Some individuals with the same name as the shooter were hounded on Facebook sites.
Every available emotional response of parents and participants was highlighted.
The mess in reporting what went on at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown began immediately with the misidentification of the shooter.
The reports also indicated that the school principal knew the killer and had buzzed him into the school, when in fact the shooter broke glass to gain entry.
At its worst, all of this media misinformation is dangerous. Innocent people are damaged and critical analysis of serious problems is undermined when careful fact-checking procedures are ignored in the interests of being first with the news.
So what can we as parents and educators do? Importantly, we have a responsibility to teach our children to see and understand how the media often provides emotionally charged misinformation, designed more to attract viewers than to carefully uncover the truth.
We now also have a responsibility to make sure they don't contribute to the problem by disseminating unverified information through Twitter, Facebook or other social media.
The media representation of the recent events in Newtown provides a teaching opportunity for every parent and every social studies and English teacher.
Raising a generation of students who are able to respond critically and rationally to these events, and resist the manipulation that feeds both emotionality and ignorance, will help create an informed electorate that can respond more effectively to solving the attendant problems.
Mark Phillips of Woodacre is a professor emeritus of education at San Francisco State University. He is a regular contributor to Marin Voice. Another longer version of this column was originally published in Edutopia, an online educational journal published by the George Lucas Educational Foundation.


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Speed can be defined as "the ability to complete a movement within a short period of time". Therefore, to improve speed, athletes must develop the ability to accelerate and slow down.
Agility can be defined as the ability to change the body's direction efficiently. This means being able to execute the movement smoothly with accuracy and relaxation, thus using minimal muscular energy.
Strength training is a method of improving muscular strength by gradually increasing the ability to resist force through the use of free weights, machines, or the person's own body weight. Strength training sessions are designed to impose increasingly greater resistance, which in turn stimulates development of muscle strength to meet the added demand.
Conditioning is to develop systematic training programs for both teams and individual athletes. This includes teaching proper lifting techniques, supervising, motivating athletes as they work out, and assessing their performance before and after the program.
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To enhance these abilities, players and coaches must take the following components into consideration:
Reaction speed – the ability to respond quickly to different types of signals.
Contraction speed of the muscles - the ability of the muscles to make explosive movements.
Frequency of body movements - the ability to execute body movements correctly at different speeds.
Movement coordination – provides for success in more complex situations.
Movement precision – the quality of execution.
Energy saving – the ability to execute a motor activity with maximal efficiency.
Reliability of motor execution – the ability to reproduce the performance with a high level of success.


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This project is for a chemical plant new construction, work will be conducted on new pipe as well as existing lines both inside and outside of the plant. Candidates will:
-Install, assemble, fabricate, maintain, repair and troubleshoot mechanical piping systems
-Coordinate with job site manager to configure pipe system layout
-Cut, thread, and hammer pipes according to pipe system specs
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-Secures pipes to structure with brackets, clamps, and hangers, using hand tools and power tools
Ideal candidates should have their own basic tools, and have experience with PVC and carbon steel piping.
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Helpful Habits for CommissionersA lot of people have been asking me to write up something on the topic of taking and pricing commissions like I did with conventions, so here you go!So what is a commission? If you didn't already know, a commission in way I will be discussing is when a person pay for an artist to draw them something. Neato, right? Money for art, couldn't be better.Well there are a few catches to this art thing professionally and non-professionally; especially on an amateur level. First off, you wont get paid nearly what you should be getting paid...so if your motivation is money... you should pick a different field of interest. Second, you need to build your people skills. Third money management is key. Fourth, time management or cry in a corner.Let's discuss the first point, not getting paid enough! Illustrators and professional artists in the industry are currently getting paid the same rates as they were 50 years ago... the exact same. Inflation has not touched the art field so we are making less
Fun Facts about Kings FollyI plan on making some diagrams and what-not to go with my comic but also some background commentary on things such as character development or little tid-bits that might not be explained in the story itself.So here is round 1! Fun facts:"Kings Folly" was originally called "WISH"The panels are colored in rainbow ordered hues. Each panel is a different color. Look carefully.The main character use to be Cody with Elliot as a secondary main. This is now reversed.Mercrutio was originally scripted with the ability to speak. This was revoked to better suit the story's plot.Victoria was a character thought up and named by my friend Anthony and was added later in the story development.Sawyer was originally intended for the role of Victoria but she has assumed a greater role. Elliot's design is loosely based off of Link from the Legend of Zelda, the rings in his right ear and his sword are the most obvious carry overs.Elliot's sword is a similar shape to the master sword.The shadow cr
Awesome Tool for Artists who take CommissionsI've been recently introduced to an application/program called Producteev. It's a task manager system with a few awesome perks such as being able to share projects with friends so an entire group of people can view it, create tasks with sub tasks, and put it on every device you might own. You can also upload files to it, so say you're working on a collab project with someone - you can upload your part, they can work on theirs and upload it accordingly and you get notified. I have it on my Mac Book and Iphone and I manage everything with it now... it's been a god send with managing my business. I have every artist from the new art book and all of their information neatly organized, all new orders from my shop, and even restocking information.If you can already guess, it makes it AMAZING for taking commissions. I just fill out a new task for everyone who requests a commission from me, add a "paid" sub task and check it off when they do pay. But now I can search through tasks and find ce
Convention 2014 Freebies! ANIME EXPO TIMEFor those that did not see my other journal, I'm at table H25 and H26One reward, per person, per category. That is all. You can't bring me 4 teas and expect to get 4 posters. You will get 1 poster for the 4 teas. So just bring one.Everyone likes free stuff right? Right. THIS APPLIES TO ALL THE CONVENTIONS I WILL BE ATTENDINGWell I was going to print out a nifty coupon for people to use but I think this is a little more interactive and fun aha.I have some tiers of freebies I'm willing to give away based on your effort level!$5 items for Free Tier 1: A free signed mini print, 5inches x 8inches or Limited Edition Kings Folly Button Set- You screen shot this page and print it out.- You must sign the print out using your non-dominate hand- You will write "Whispy Senpai Chan San, Thank"- You must then do a silly dance.- Silly dance is absolutely required.$10 items for Free Tier 2: Free large poster print of your choosing or one free acrylic charm
CONTEST || LAST DAY TO ENTER!Art Book Information: http://fav.me/d7hrlknArtist list: http://melonberrytea.com/donations/The 2015 Art Book has begun! Arts have started collecting donations in hopes of earning funds for themselves. These artists were chosen by invitation and general selection however there were many people who wanted to participate but didn't make the cut. Well here is your second chance to enter the art book!About This Contest:- This is a contest where the prize is to be featured in the book! No you will not be able to collect donations like the official artists and you will not have a chance at making art cards or the other goodies in the book. But you will receive a FULL PAGE spread if you are selected!- A minimum of 5 winners will be chosen up to 10 artists! And additional 20 will be selected as honorable mentions as well receiving half page spreads!- This is a some what differ
MBTea 2014 ART BOOK Preorders OPEN!Finally the time has come Art books are now available for pre-order on MBTea! Everyone's hard work is finally coming to fruition!Limited Edition: http://melonberrytea.com/shop/index.php?routeroduct/product&product_id=155Standard Edition: http://melonberrytea.com/shop/index.php?routeroduct/product&product_id=156Want to know more about the art book?What is the art book - http://fav.me/d6x2x71Artwork in the Book - http://mbtea.deviantart.com/gallery/47490357Remember! The more books sold the more the artists get in return > v
Please Advertise your Commissions here!In the spirit of encouraging all of you...Commissions master post! Feel free to advertise your commissions, and commissioners feel free to browse!I'll create some kind of pretty graphic and paste it on the front of my page if I have to. Others feel free to link to this journal on your page as well ~Please post commissions only! Just list your pricing and thumbnails or a link to your commission page.No comments or anything else.I have some extra cash right now so I'd like some art myself.Ifs I sees you underselling though, oh ho ///= w = ♥
Charms and Button SetsSo I had wanted to put the charms up on my site yesterday but there were so many orders that it took me all day just to package and label them ahaToday for sure!I also changed the button set from the holiday theme to something a little more collectable: http://whispwill.tumblr.com/post/73729820877/limited-edition-buttons-could-only-get-these-withThese will not be for sale online anywhere and only those who preordered or time stamped will recieve them. I do have extra sets that will be given on a first come first serve basis, so when the charms go up on my sight the extra sets will be given to the first people who buy charms.Here is a terribad preview picture of all the charms, so professional I know: http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/018/b/8/image_by_whispwill-d72oiei.jpgBut the cool thing with the new charm sis some of them have semi-transparent features such as
One thing to sayPeople seem to be shocked that I mainly use ink for my traditional work and several people have mentioned they could never draw in pen. They are "too afraid" of using ink because you can't erase your mistakes. But that's what I love about it. There's a raw awesomeness (that's a word) that pen brings. I won't lie I did t want to draw in pen either but then one day I was stuck on a 4 day road trip with only a ballpoint pen and some napkins. What I have to say to you is challenge yourself. Draw loose at first, no details. And refine it. Keep your flaws, use pen, force yourself to accept that nothing is perfect at first. Personally I think ink is the most freeing medium. Many people who watch my livestreams notice I hardly ever erase and I draw really fast. This is because I practice with a cheap ballpoint pen. The cheaper the pen the better it is for art lol! Find that $0.10 pen and use it.Pen <3
A probable solution to commission chargebacks.Artists who create commissions know one caveat with accepting PayPal: their Seller Protection doesn't cover services, so they can and will be SOL if the buyer decides to dispute the transaction. While Buyer Protection doesn't cover services either, PayPal is notorious for ruling in the favor of the buyer, so the seller needs to look into other ways of protecting themselves.Which leads to our discussion here, of how we can leverage Seller Protection to ensure scamming buyers can't run off with the money after the service is completed -- by converting your commission service into a tangible product.Seller Protection covers tangible products that can be shipped to the buyer, and by making a commission, you can take advantage of this by printing out your commission and mailing it to them. Right there, you have a tangible, physical item that is mailed to the buyer, and thus is covered by Seller Protection.Adjust your commission information and terms of service to indicate the buyer is pu
Copyright AbuseOk, the cold hard truth here, If you put something on the internet out to the public, expect it to the inspire others. It just shows they enjoy your work and want to learn from it, that's what being a Idol is about. "In a recent decision of the Full Federal Court, the Court reaffirmed the fundamental legal principle that copyright does not protect ideas and concepts but only the particular form in which they are expressed.[2] The effect of this principle is that you cannot copyright a style or technique. Copyright only protects you from someone else reproducing one of your actual artworks not from someone else coming up with their own work in the same style." You can become known for doing something a certain way but you can't own it, you can only own the work as a whole. The same go's for characters, if its just similar not the same copyrights don't apply, even more so if its a generic design to began with. So people stop bother the DA staff with this nonsen
Let me just share some facts with ya'll...So it's just a normal day and you're just browsing your all-time favorite website, DeviantART. But then something catches your eye, a Deviation with a nicely drawn full-body with an interesting design. You click on it and see that design sold for a whopping 200+ USD. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CRAZY, RIGHT?? I mean how dare the artist accept a good few hundred dollars for a design that even an ape could've made. After all, art doesn't take years and years of practice and anyone can just pick up a pen and pop out some great anatomy and originality. OHH BUT THE ARTIST ISN'T ENTIRELY AT FAULT HERE. Oh no, it's also the buyer's fault for spending so much goddamn money on a piece of digital art that the artist probably copied out of a Vogue magazine (since designing is effortless!!). How dare the buyer spend their money on something they love and enjoy instead of donating it all to starving children in third world countries along with all their luxury goods (like computers, television sets etc
Hot Topic DA Art Theft...Maybe?Changed User AgreementsYou know what I hate about companies? The fact that they can, effectively, take their user agreements and update them without your consent. Thus changing the rules to something you've already signed long long ago. I signed up for DA 10 years ago but I've never once been asked to agree to the frequently new Terms of Service Agreements they keep updating. Recently it's been called to our attention that now DA can license your work, even fanart, off to other companies for a profit. DA gets licensing money, the product makers get money off the merch they sell... but the artist gets nothing. Worse yet, DA doesn't even need to ask you for permission to do so.This recently came to our attention in a big way when DA user :iconrismo: discovered that his Adventure Time fanart was being sold on Hot Topic without his knowledge. http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/Adventure+Time+In+The+Rain+T-Shirt-10171581.jsp
QuantificationQuantificationOne of the things I hate about the internet is that everything must be quantifiable. Without a proper source, no one will believe you, no matter how reliable your original info was when you received it. It doesn't matter if you heard it from a professor giving a lecture in college, if you read it in a book, read a report by a scientist, or saw a documentary that went into elaborate detail... if there isn't an internet equivalent, then you're seen as a compulsive liar.Case in point, recently someone mentioned that my sketches look better than my finished artwork and I responded by telling them that there was science that helped back up why that phenomenon exists. But since I couldn't remember the source, I got trolled hardcore for saying that. Today, however, I stumbled upon a close enough equivalence. Here's a quote:The sketchiness of line art mimics the natural lack of clarity in our peripheral vision. When we look at the real wo
BrofamilyHey the lame plz creator is back here I really just wanted to 'introduce' the whole 'Brofamily'plz Icons :iconcutiesmileplz:Pewds::iconpervypewdieplz::iconpewdiebrofistplz::iconpewdiedatassplz::iconpewdiederplookplz::iconpewdiederpplz::iconpewdiedonotwantplz::iconpewdiefacepalmplz::iconpewdiefreakplz::iconpewdieheythereplz::iconpewdieomgplz::iconpewdiepiebrofistplz::iconpewdiepieplz::iconpewdierageplz::iconpewdiesexyfaceplz::iconpewdiesmileplz::iconpewdiestyleplz::iconpewdiewtfplz::iconsexypewdieplz::iconyaypewdieplz:And even this extremly creepy Icon::iconpewdiethekillerplz:Stephano::iconstephanobrofistplz::iconstephanoplz::iconyaystephanoplz:Mr. Chair:iconmrchairplz::iconmr-chairbrofistplz:If there any other Pewdie Icons feel free to show me so I could Add them~
Original Species Information: VestaVesta The name originates from the Roman goddess of hearth, home, and family.Vestas are an ancient race with their civilization built around nature. While not technologically advanced, they are profound in magic and hold a strong affinity for one or (in some rare cases) more element. They are known for their long, groomed tails, fluffed ears, and horns that differ from Vesta to Vesta. The tips of their ears are typically protected by ornate clips as Vestas believe the source of their magic stem from their ears. Vestas have a love for beauty and it is a part of their culture to dress elaborately, often wearing their trademark embroidery, the "Vestan Braid", somewhere on them. Vestas are a closed species, meaning that you may not create them without my permissionVestas, while not immortal, are known to have a long lifespan. They can live up to three-times that of a human. Because of their prolonged l
Revenge of the Queen: chapter list.REVENGE of the QUEENLAST UPDATED7th-October-2013: Chapter 7 available in English and Spanish (DA points).Check below for the available chapter list in DA.Where else can I buy this manga if I don't have DA points?Volume 1 (ENGLISH): http://www.lulu.com/shop/inma-r/revenge-of-the-queen-1/paperback/product-20551422.htmlVolume 1 (SPANISH): http://www.lulu.com/shop/inma-r/revenge-of-the-queen-1/paperback/product-20552018.htmlFor Kindle (English&Spanish):Packs of 2 chapters.For iPad:Volume 1 (English)Volume 1 (Spanish)For Android:
Sai Animation Assistant!8D <3 this could help me get back into animating what a cool idea!I'm sure allot of you have seen it already but I thought I would share anyway http://meaconscientia.tumblr.com/post/74539049589/sai-animation-assistantI did test it out and dose work. (Info on what you need to know)You will need a program that can open RAR, I suggest WinrarThis is for testing animations before sending them to PS to be put together or you can use http://www.ezimba.com/index-ln.html for ppl that don't have a Photoshop.
Pokemon X/Y shiny giveaway! [CLOSED]PICKING THE WINNERS NOW! GOOD LUCK ;v;I decided to give all my pokemon away to my watchers! <3(if in messages, click journal for picture)The sta.sh link states the pokemon plus their level! http://sta.sh/0d4esfda0asTHIS EXCLUDES THE PARTY POKÉMON. THEY ARE NOT SHINY, BUT THEY ARE UP FOR TRADE.Rules:-Must be watching me! this is a watcher giveaway!-You must be able to give me your 3DS friend code!-You must be willing to trade with mefavourite this journal to enter! that's all!If you advertise this giveaway, I will enter your name 2 more times!1ST PRIZE-6 shiny pokemon of your choice! you will be the first to pick!-2 legendaries of your choice!2ND PRIZE-3 shinies of your choice! you can pick from the remaining pokemon-1 legendary out of the remaining pokemon3RD PRIZE-the 2 remaining shinies-the remaining legendaryBUT THAT'S NOT ALL!If you are watching me, you can request any pokémon you want/ are
Rules and RegulationsGENERAL- Read all the journals. They're very important!- Treat others as you wish to be treated. Know of the golden rule!- Respect the mods! Refer back to the golden rule. We are here to help you and regulate members to try and keep a positive environment for our members. You will receive a warning upon treating a mod with disrespect. Our mods are extremely polite and friendly, and we would like to ask you to be the same towards us!- No trolling. Those who've seen the early days of the group would understand, and we'd prefer not to have that repeated.- No flaming. We would like to maintain a positive environment for members.- Any questions or concerns? Please leave the group a note.- Please leave all kinds of drama at the front door. At Spirit-Fish, we would like to keep our environment stress-free and positive. If you bring in any arguments or RL problems, it'll cause a lot of discomfort to other members, so please be sensitive to others. Bringing in drama might give you
Exercise 18: Painterly StyleTHIS WEEK's EXERCISE POST : THE FULL POST AND DETAILSThe "painterly style" has been a highly requested tutorial subject matter due to it's increasing popularity to digital artists. Not sure what this style is referring to? Check out the Painterly Style Reference Board. The style has become even more popular from games that focus heavily on this art style such as Bastion or to digital artists like Purplekecleon, who we Interviewed last year. It has a bold and fresh look that relies on color and working with balancing the different hues to create value. The style is recognizable by 3 different factors: use of color shifting, visible brushstrokes, and fantastical ligh
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Commissions Open AlwaysEven though I have unlimited slots, you must be willing to be PATIENT. I have a list, but I tend to do the commissions that interest me the most first, though I do my best to go via who paid first or has been waiting the longest.I have the right to increase the price of the commission if I feel like what was requested is more work than the base price listed.Slots:Currently UnlimitedRulesI will drawMalesFemalesSmall animalsPokemonOriginal CharactersFanartCouples (both homosexual and heterosexual)Ecchi, soft sexual themes (Nudes / Naked cuddling)Anything not mentioned above, I will not drawPaypal or points onlyI do not start until after I am paidRefunds are picky. We can talk about it, though, if you are unhappy with waitingI try to do commissions in the order at which I received payment, but I tend to do them from what interests me most
WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS: Steve AndersonEmotional Creaturesletter written by Steve Anderson, director at Walt Disney Animation Studios "Artists are emotional creatures. We feel things deeply. We see the world around us, react to it and base our work off of those reactions. Our work represents ourselves. It's us. Not just what our bodies can produce but what our minds and hearts have to say.We want people to like what we do. If we didn't, we'd just draw, paint, sculpt, dance, act and write in our own living room with no documentation or recording of it. But we don't do that because we want our work to be seen. We want to express ourselves to people and, in turn, produce a reaction in them. Our emotions create the art and our art creates emotions.But there are days when our emotions get the best of us. They let us down. They d
Ignore ThisSorry, I don't have time at the moment to play or add more people ;w; I will add you later when I get some timeI need more people for Pokemon X/Y friend safari :'DLet me know your friend code and I will add you, Mine is 0130-2979-7272 (name is Yumino)I currently have no idea what my safari is ;v; I would appreciate if anyone could let me know.
BEWARE: DO NOT SELL YOUR ART TO ALYSSA--28!!!!!:iconalyssa--28::iconalyssa--28::iconalyssa--28::iconalyssa--28::iconalyssa--28::iconalyssa--28::iconalyssa--28::iconalyssa--28::iconalyssa--28:Hi people! D:Please do me and yourself a favor, DO NOT SELL YOUR ART TO Alyssa--28!!!!She held a contest(click for link) on a forum which ended in July 14th, she said she was judging. Then, she disappeared for months and came back saying she would post the results after her first semester as she was having exams and busy IRL.However, she didn't come back at all. =A="Many artists sent her notes, commented on her dA profile etc, but she didn't even bother to reply despite the fact that she goes on dA everyday. D:We (me and a bunch of artists) even contacted her on facebook, which she does go on everyday. =u="she even commissioned me for chibi sketches.... =A="and another person for a piece of art...=================================================so,
Paintool SAI users rejoicehttp://whispwill.tumblr.com/post/69848890013/spacebandit-preservedcucumbers
is there going to be an English version ?
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From a storyteller of powerful talent, the heart-wrenching story of one woman's life after she kills the husband who abused her. Kathryn Brooker is the headmaster's wife. While her husband spends his days disciplining unruly teenagers in the grand halls of Mountbriers Academy, Kathryn spends hers baking scones for her son's cricket match in a beautiful cottage in the manicured school grounds. In the evenings, when her husband strides home to compliment her cooking and kiss her hello - ignoring jokes from their children about grown-up lovebirds - Kathryn Brooker is the very picture of a fulfilled wife and mother. Anyone who peered through the downstairs sash window at the four figures sat easily around their scrubbed-pine kitchen table would see a happy family without a care in the world. They would envy Kathryn her perfect life. But they would be wrong. Kathryn is trapped in a nightmare. And she is about to do something to change it. Something only a truly desperate woman would do...
'This story of a woman's fight to rebuild her shattered life is captivating, heartbreaking and superbly written' Closer.
Series: No Greater Love
Number Of Pages: 336
Published: 1st July 2013
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12.9
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Me? On average, I play through a game about 3 times. Here is why.
For me, the first playthrough is a learning experience. I learn all the mechanics of the game, play around with them a bit, figure out the structure of the missions and side missions and just where everything is and when it's unlocked, etc... basically, the first playthrough is just a prelude for the second playthrough.
The second playthrough is the best. After learning how to work the game in the first run, I now can balance the missions and content in any way I want. I can create a perfect content and time balance now that I know where everything is and when it is available. The second playthrough is where I spend the most time with the game, where I have the most patience.
Then, there is the third. The third playthrough is usually meant to be the least-serious "just screw and fuck around" playthrough. This is the playthrough that I take least seriously, as I am not trying to make it perfect like the second. This is also when I usually get tired of a game.
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Longview, TX (Longview News-Journal) — The Longview-area home sales market has held steady during the past three years as the economy eased out of the recession, and area professionals in the business expect 2013 could be a breakout year as activity picks up.
Phyllis Jolley is president of the Longview Area Board of Realtors for 2013. She has been in the business since 2005 and said she has seen marked improvement locally since the beginning of the recession in 2008.
"The years 2008, '09 and '10 were very sluggish," Jolley said. "But with the job growth we're seeing and the continuation of low interest rates, people are starting to make home purchases again."
Jolley, an agent with Longview's Coldwell Banker Lenhart Properties, said she has seen marked improvements in interest among potential home buyers in recent months. Whether it is having national elections in the rearview mirror or improved levels of consumer confidence reported in recent months, she said the trend is upward.
"We're still not fully recovered, but I feel like the housing market is really starting to pick up," Jolley said. "We've seen gradual changes in recent months, and so far this year is off to a good start."
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Trent Richardson returns to practice
Cleveland Browns running back Trent Richardson, the No. 3 overall pick in this year's draft, practiced for the first time in nearly a month in preparation for Sunday's season opener against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Richardson has been sidelined since Aug. 9, when he underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee.
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Wearing a protective rubber sleeve over the knee, he looked smooth running drills during the 15-minute viewing portion of practice and didn't show any signs of limping, according to ESPN Radio in Cleveland.
He rode a stationary bike at the start of practice on Saturday, and afterward coach Pat Shurmur indicated that as long as Richardson could practice this week he would play against the Eagles.
"If he's ready to go, he will be our starter," Shurmur said. "Trent looked good. He was in team (drills). I knew he'd be out here and he did a good job. It was his first day back in practice, so we did what we could do. Trent looked healthy running around."
Although Richardson was not on the practice field for weeks, Browns general manager Tom Heckert said the 22-year-old did not have any setbacks and said the team is not concerned about him being out of shape. Heckert said the Browns would be smart about Richardson's playing time and not overload him in Week 1.
ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter reported 10 days ago that Richardson was expected to play in the season opener, although his workload likely would be limited until his knee would have time to heal.
"Each person is different when they come back from injury," Shurmur said Monday. "We'll see as we go. All along I've been hopeful that he'd be there."
Browns team president Mike Holmgren was of the same thinking.
"When I've been in this situation before with players, when it's close, and we're really kind of counting on him, if he hadn't had the surgery, he was going to touch the ball a lot," Holmgren said. "But now you have to be careful. The worst thing we could do is rush him before he's ready."
Richardson had what the team termed "routine arthroscopic" surgery by Dr. James Andrews in Pensacola, Fla., on Aug. 9. Andrews did a similar procedure on Richardson on Feb. 3 to repair a torn meniscus the running back suffered in the same knee while playing for Alabama during its BCS national championship victory over LSU.
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Majin Tenshi Posts: 331 |
Hopefully that will make them make the 3DS region free now | ||||
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Banjo Posts: 565 |
they are expecting too much from Wii U, I don't it selling well | ||||
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GrilledEelHamatsu Posts: 703 |
It has very poor Japanese 3rd party support and several large US 3rd party developers aren't yet ready to get on board with it. Also, with a tablet controller, you can expect the piece of junk to sell for $400-450 because the GOTDAMN thing will add to the costs of manufacturing the system. Nintendo should just invest more in 3DS. Its doing much better in sales now that VITA is selling poorly. They should also redesign 3DS with Smartphone features. |
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ikillchicken Space Cowboy Posts: 7050 Location: Vancouver |
Yeah, this is what I wonder about the Wii U. It seems like Nintendo is in a difficult spot. They're basically going to be selling something on par with the other systems and yet it will probably cost much more. It's only real advantage is this tablet controller but the bulk of the people who'd be interested by that are probably also the ones who'd be more inclined to choose a cheaper options. I mean, the Wii was novel but let's keep in mind that it also had the advantage of being less than half the price of other systems. Or, look at the 3DS. It really only started to move well once the price was slashed. |
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GrilledEelHamatsu Posts: 703 |
I know. Nintendo seems to be trying to recycle the Wii concept with Wii U. Except it'll be a much harder sell. I don't see Soccer Moms & Grandmas wanting to play Wii-Sports on a wonky,bulky tablet controller that looks like it'll be difficult to use. I think its fair to say ever since SEGA left the hardware business in 2001, Nintendo has done nothing but alienate hardcore gamers. Hopefully with SegaOrbi helping build SEGA back up as a hardware company, Nintendo's investors will wake up & abandon the piece of junk Wii U and develop a true next gen system in a few years. |
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faintsmile1992 Posts: 295 Location: England |
And the Wii motion control gimmick opened up new styles of gameplay, such as Wii Sports, as well as being intuitive as a substitute for a mouse to point and click. But lets be honest, the console didn't even come bundled with a gamepad. And the Wiimote sucks as a device for enjoying 'normal' games. Is it any surprise if developers and serious players abandoned the Wii to its awful mini game collections? Christ, as far as I know you still can't play a game without using the Wiimote because there's no autoplay option, meaning you might need two controllers out to play a game with just one of them. And its still a pain in the arse when the pointer goes off the screen - both are problems easily fixed in a firmware update but Ninty only care about stopping you playing your Japanese games on a Western console. |
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Mesonoxian Eve Posts: 1858 |
I tried digging for the article, but can't find it, but there was a developer who stated something to the effect if Nintendo had its act together and introduced the Wii in HD, it would have clearly beat out the competitors because it would have closed the gap between casual and hardcore gamers. The fact Nintendo intentionally targets a demographic with its consoles already has developers shrugging their shoulders, stating it's not a system they're interested in. Nintendo had the ability to boast a strong presence in the home console market because, and this, I think, is important, it had games to go with it. Now, yeah... as Konota says: "Sure, they're called games, but they're not really games." If one were to separate out the mind-numbing "carnival" games from the Wii's library, I'd be stunned if 50 titles existed. |
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Keonyn Moderator Posts: 5562 Location: Coon Rapids, MN |
Yeah, Nintendo has just tried far too hard to push gimmicks and cater to specific demographics that it seems to have backfired a bit. When the Wii first came out it was a huge thing and extremely popular, but as the gimmick wore away the system just didn't have the capabilities of the competitors, particularly when the price point dropped on the competing machines. The 3DS also presents itself as an example of Nintendo relying far too much on gimmicks to sell their hardware. I mean, sure, some of these work great and are true innovations, but the system still needs a solid foundation to remain relevant long-term.
Such baffling decisions do not surprise me in the end honestly. It reminds me of the N64 still latching on to the outdated cartridge concept which ultimately proved to be a huge bottleneck for an otherwise well made system. Then the mini-DVD's of the GameCube again bottlenecked the device, not to mention the technical limitations compared to the competition. Technical capabilities is huge in gaming these days and is only going to get huger, they can't rely on gimmicks to get sales alone anymore, they need to keep up. |
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ArsenicSteel Posts: 2370 |
LOL@Nintends 1-st ever annual loss since 1981 and the peanut gallery is going on about how this proves Nintendo's gimmicks don't work.
Also the Wii's game library is the largest among the current gen consoles. It just doesn't have the same caliber of graphic intensive games but the demographic Nintendo went after, "sweet graphics" wasn't the prime selling point at the time. |
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Keonyn Moderator Posts: 5562 Location: Coon Rapids, MN |
Congrats on once again attempting to lower the tone of a discussion on a topic. You want to disagree with others then by all means do so and make your points, but you are still expected to do so respectfully as per the rules. Jumping on people for making a point you don't agree with, firing a shot their way and tossing labels doesn't accomplish this, particularly when you otherwise hardly bring any actual points to the discussion.
When a major player in an industry goes from safely profitable to taking a greather than half a billion dollar hit in the red the "peanut gallery" is more than justified in chiming in. This is particularly the case when the "peanut gallery" are the very consumers that these companies are trying to make their earnings off of. So this is how the consumers see the company and are why they maybe are or aren't purchasing the products. Don't agree with that? Then make your case and deal with it, but cut the condescending crap. |
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Saffire Subscriber Posts: 874 Location: Iowa, USA |
I actually have to back ArsenicSteel on this one. People have been accusing Nintendo of leaning on gimmicks since the original DS, and they've pretty much always panned out while Nintendo made money hand over fist.
There's also a lot of ignored context going on. The console market is shrinking overall, and it's almost certainly going to continue on that course; predictions for the next console generation aren't good. The strength of the yen damaged a lot of international Japanese companies as well; I can't read the Nintendo report right now, but I remember Sony lost something like $300m on that alone. There's a lot going on in the market that you can't claim is Nintendo's fault, and maybe the losses would be minimal or non-existent in a better climate. |
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ArsenicSteel Posts: 2370 |
I just find it funny that so much doom and gloom is being tossed at Nintendo for their first annual loss when certain game divisions(Sony) has had similar losses, quarterly. | ||||
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Keonyn Moderator Posts: 5562 Location: Coon Rapids, MN |
Because Nintendo may not have posted losses, but they've been slumping for awhile now not only in earnings but significantly in market share and that trend is only increasing while their competition is remaining relatively stable. Sony's hit this year was also largely due to the hacking scandal they've dealt with this past year and the ongoing repercussions resulting from that, so it's not like Nintendo is the only one dealing with various external circumstances.
You're going to have to pardon the fact that people are growing tired of Nintendo's lagging hardware and reliance on gimmicks (some good, some not) to sell units. They did a great job with the Wii and the motion controls, but they should have seen the competition developing similar tech on superior systems was going to be a major threat, and they didn't. The Wii's lack of flexibility became a huge detractor not only for consumers, but for developers as well. You can't be a major player in this industry anymore by going for niche markets, so they can't afford to not care if their system doesn't live up to the competitions performance. The 3DS is a great example of a gimmick just not catching on to make it worthwhile, and the hardware gains just aren't there to warrant dipping again for a 3D screen that is, frankly, lacking. And the issue AS is that you didn't come in here to make counter points or challenge perceptions, you came in here specifically to fire shots at people who perceive the situation in a way you don't agree with. Counter the points and discuss them instead of just firing the "peanut gallery" label at them for daring to disagree with you and calling it a day. |
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Mesonoxian Eve Posts: 1858 |
I can see you don't read anything more than headlines in your life. With a few friends who work in the gaming industry, rest assured this issue isn't about "gimmicks", but developers having a difficult time trying to maximize their earning by catering to as many consoles with a single product they can. A feat which is very difficult to do unless the game is developed for the lowest-common denominator, which is the Wii (and soon, Wii U). You can believe graphics don't matter to people, but I'm still waiting for someone to walk up to me and say, "Dude, you need to be playing Skyrim. It's controls are [bleeping] awesome!" At any rate, rest assured I'm not harping on Nintendo for their losses, but one would have to be in denial not to have seen this coming. I still remember Reggie stating developers will return to Nintendo because the Wii will be the simplest console to develop for. I wonder what crow tastes like. |
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ArsenicSteel Posts: 2370 |
A single company can only maintain market share for so long before that share begins to erode either because competitors are adapting or because consumers are migrating. Hell, all the current gen sales are tapering off because this generation of consoles is coming to an end. 2 out of the three console makers are already discussing release info(gimmick, innovations, or whatever you want to call it) for their next system.
The Wii's lack of graphic power and controller issues made it hard on some developers and limited on what games could be made for the system. But looking at the game library and number of systems sold, that issue didn't harm the system's overall success. So sure some people are tired of how Nintendo does things but there are also people who are tired Sony's slow integration of successful gimmicks and Microsoft's defect prone hardware.
If Nintendo isn't a major player in the gaming industry then I don't know who is. The gaming industry seems to be growing in terms of hardware sales but the industry is still a niche.
Sorry I am only trying to discuss the woes of hardware manufactures. As far as only reading headlines, Nintendo stated that the reasons for this loss were primarily because of below-cost prices of the Wii and 3DS along with less than favorable exchange rates. Gimmicks and developer profit margins didn't make it into the report. |
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